With the Haldia Dock’s financial position under strain following fall in parcel size of vessels due to low draught, the Centre has released Rs 267 crore as dredging subsidy, Minister of State for Shipping, Mr Mukul Roy, said here on Wednesday… [mappress] Source: Business Line, March 17, 2010;
Dhaka, March 12 — In addition to the Teesta’s water share, Bangladesh will talk with India also on dredging of the Surma River at the Joint Rivers Commission meeting starting Thursday in New Delhi, a top official has said… [mappress] Source: bdnews24.com, March 17, 2010;
The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped cutterhead or dustpan dredge and attendance plant with a dredge discharge size not less than 27 inches inside diameter (ID) on a rental basis. Work will be performed at the Mississippi River SWP Area, and Possibly in other areas of the Ne
The Netherlands has the best port infrastructure in Europe. This is according to the World Economic Forum in ”The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010”. Singapore’s wet infrastructure was deemed to be the best in the world, followed by Hong Kong. The Netherlands came third.
The consortium behind the planned Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Europe has sealed a 3.9bn euro ($5.4bn; £3.5bn) funding deal from 26 banks. The deal marks a milestone in development of the 1,220km (756-mile) pipeline, due for completion in 2012.
Better forecasting would not have averted the peak season chaos last year, but will help prevent it repeating, according to senior forwarding and logistics executives. Shippers, forwarders and carriers all shared some of the blame for the backlogs and scramble for capacity in the second half of 2009
At the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) held earlier today, a vast majority of the shareholder votes (approximately 99%) approved the proposed merger with Smit Internationale N.V. (Smit). The general meeting also approved the appointment of
Mumbai: The sand-mining mafia, which is gradually choking Bankot Creek in Raigad, attacked a TOI team, environmental activists Sumaira Abdulali and Naseer Jalal that visited the creek on Tuesday afternoon to report on the illegal activities… [mappress] Source:TimesofIndia,March 17,2010;
MAN Diesel Spain has been active within the tug segment recently, having played a key role in three orders that contract the company to supply 18 MAN Diesel L27/38 engines to Boluda Corporación Marítima, Spain, the international marine group and shipbuilder. The engines are destined for nine newbuil
Princess Cruises has named Copenhagen as its “Port of the Year” for 2009 – a distinction awarded as the result of passenger satisfaction surveys. Copenhagen is the first port outside of North America to earn this honor. The annual award is given to one of Princess’ 33 worldwide turnaround ports that
The U.S. Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) dredge fishery is entering full assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification programme. The fishery operating in the exclusive economic zone of the United States of America offshore from Maine to Cape Hatteras, North Caro
Construction begins today on the first new deepsea port in the UK for 25 years. Dredging the Thames estuary will allow the world’s largest container ships to dock at DP World’s London Gateway terminal.
COSCO Shipping has revealed that it has budgeted over US$570 million to purchase 18 new multi-purpose and heavy lift vessels. COSCO’s heavylift subsidiary in Guangzhou has two 50,000DWT semi-submersible vessels nearing completion.
Petrobras announced a new discovery of light oil in sandstone reservoirs located in the Sergipe Basin, in the post-salt layer of the Piranema area. The economically recoverable volume of oil is estimated at 15 million barrels.
